2025 World Para Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke

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The Men's 100 metre backstroke events at the 2025 World Para Swimming Championships were held at the Singapore Sports Hub between 21 and 27 September 2025. ^[1]

Schedule

Eleven events for men will be held across the following schedule:

Men's 100 metre backstroke ^[1]

Day	Date	Classifications
Day 1	21 Sept [2] [3]	S6; S12
Day 2	22 Sept [4] [5]	S8; S14
Day 3	23 Sept [6] [7]	S1*; S2*
Day 4	24 Sept [8] [9]	S7; S13
Day 5	25 Sept	-
Day 6	26 Sept [10] [11]	S9; S11
Day 7	27 Sept [12] [13]	S10

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
S1	Anton Kol   Ukraine	Francesco Bettella   Italy	Iyad Shalabi   Israel
S2	Gabriel Araújo   Brazil	Vladimir Danilenko   Individual Neutral Athletes	Jacek Czech   Poland
S6	Yang Hong   China	Dino Sinovcic   Croatia	Antonio Fantin   Italy
S7	Andrii Trusov   Ukraine	Federico Bicelli   Italy	Christian Sadie   South Africa
S8	Inigo Llopis Sanz   Spain	Eduard Horodianyn   Ukraine	Turgut Aslan Yaraman   Turkey
S9	Yahor Shchalkanau   Individual Neutral Athletes	Bogdan Mozgovoi   Individual Neutral Athletes	Ugo Didier   France
S10	Olivier van de Voort   Netherlands	Thomas Gallagher   Australia	Bas Takken   Netherlands
S11	Albert Gelis   Spain	David Kratochvíl   Czech Republic	Danylo Chufarov   Ukraine
S12	Raman Salei   Azerbaijan	Maksim Vashkevich   Individual Neutral Athletes	Evan Wilkerson   United States
S13	Egor Bolotov   Uzbekistan	Thomas van Wanrooij   Netherlands	Oleksii Virchenko   Ukraine
S14	Benjamin Hance   Australia	Gabriel Bandeira   Brazil	William Ellard   Great Britain

Race summaries

S1

The Men's 100 metre backstroke S1 event was held on the evening of the 23 September.

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows: ^[14]

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Hennadii Boiko  (UKR)	2:08.01	2016-09-09	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
Championship	Kamil Otowski  (POL)	2:18.60	2023-08-02	Manchester	United Kingdom
Americas	José Ronaldo da Silva  (BRA)	2:51.75	2025-09-06	São Paulo	Brazil
European	Hennadii Boiko  (UKR)	2:08.01	2016-09-09	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil

Final

Seven swimmers, representing six nations, took part in a direct final. ^{[1] [6] [7]}

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes
	5	Anton Kol  (UKR)	S1	2:36.54
	3	Francesco Bettella  (ITA)	S1	2:39.58
	4	Iyad Shalabi  (ISR)	S1	2:40.20
4	6	José Ronaldo da Silva  (BRA)	S1	2:53.88	AM
5	2	Dimitrios Karypidis  (GRE)	S1	3:20.62
6	7	Nikolaos Kontou  (GRE)	S1	3:44.21
7	1	Miguel Navarro  (ESP)	S1	3:54.77

S2

The Men's 100 metres backstroke S2 event was held on the evening of 23 September. ^[1]

The relevant records leading into the event were as follows: ^[14]

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Zou Liankang  (CHN)	1:45.25	2016-09-09	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
Championship	Gabriel Araújo  (BRA)	1:55.34	2023-08-02	Manchester	United Kingdom
African	David Mc Klopper  (RSA)	3:34.69	2017-12-07	Mexico City	Mexico
Americas	Gabriel Araújo  (BRA)	1:53.67	2024-08-29	Paris	France
Asian	Zou Liankang  (CHN)	1:45.25	2016-09-09	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
European	Serhii Palamarchuk  (UKR)	1:49.76	2016-09-09	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil

Final

Seven swimmers took part, in a direct final. ^{[6] [7]}

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes
	4	Gabriel Araújo  (BRA)	S2	1:54.58	CR
	5	Vladimir Danilenko  (AIN)	S2	2:02.29
	6	Jacek Czech  (POL)	S2	2:03.87
4	3	Alberto Abarza  (CHI)	S2	2:06.74
5	2	Rodrigo Santillan  (PER)	S2	2:17.98
6	7	Jesus Rey Lopez  (MEX)	S2	2:38.17
7	1	Conrad Hildebrand  (SWE)	S2	2:58.54

S6

The Men's 100 metre backstroke S6 event was held on the morning and afternoon of 21 September.

The relevant records in this event leading into the championships were as follows: ^[14]

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Zheng Tao  (CHN)	1:10.84	2016-09-08	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
Championship	Zheng Tao  (CHN)	1:12.94	2015-07-18	Glasgow	United Kingdom
African	Ahmed Ali  (EGY)	1:25.78	2017-12-05	Mexico City	Mexico
Americas	Talisson Glock  (BRA)	1:13.52	2015-07-18	Glasgow	United Kingdom
Asian	Zheng Tao  (CHN)	1:10.84	2016-09-08	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
European	Aleksei Ganiuk  (AIN)	1:13.47	2024-04-21	Funchal	Portugal
Oceanian	Matthew Haanappel  (AUS)	1:21.25	2012-08-30	London	United Kingdom

Heats

Ten swimmers took part, representing seven nations and one neutral athlete. The top eight progress to the final. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes
1	1	5	Dino Sinovcic  (CRO)	S6	1:17.25	Q
2	1	4	Yang Hong  (CHN)	S6	1:17.43	Q
3	1	6	Luo Yanbo  (CHN)	S6	1:19.04	Q
4	1	8	Laurent Chardard  (FRA)	S6	1:19.28	Q
5	1	7	Mikhail Evseenko  (AIN)	S6	1:19.53	Q
6	1	2	Antonio Fantin  (ITA)	S6	1:22.45	Q
7	1	1	David Sanchez Sierra  (ESP)	S6	1:23.14	Q
8	1	0	Jesus Alberto Gutierrez  (MEX)	S6	1:24.68	Q
9	1	9	Raul Gutierrez  (MEX)	S6	1:26.80	Q
	1	3	Matias de Andrade  (ARG)	S6		DNS

Final

Rank [2] [3]	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes
	5	Yang Hong  (CHN)	S6	1:14.94
	4	Dino Sinovcic  (CRO)	S6	1:15.88
	7	Antonio Fantin  (ITA)	S6	1:16.07
4	6	Laurent Chardard  (FRA)	S6	1:17.11
5	3	Luo Yanbo  (CHN)	S6	1:17.78
6	2	Mikhail Evseenko  (AIN)	S6	1:19.42
7	1	David Sanchez Sierra  (ESP)	S6	1:22.78
8	8	Jesus Alberto Gutierrez  (MEX)	S6	1:23.61

S7

The Men's 100 metre backstroke S7 event was held on the morning and evening of 24 September. Ten swimmers took part, with the top eight progressing to the final. ^[1]

The relevant records in this event leading into the championships were as follows: ^[14]

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Andrii Trusov  (UKR)	1:07.60	2024-04-24	Funchal	Portugal
Championship	Bohdan Hrynenko  (UKR)	1:08.92	2019-09-12	London	United Kingdom
African	Christian Sadie  (RSA)	1:12.99	2023-08-03	Manchester	United Kingdom
Americas	Pipo Carlomagno  (ARG)	1:08.83	2021-08-30	Tokyo	Japan
Asian	Nan Gao  (CHN)	1:14.71	2012-08-30	London	United Kingdom
European	Andrii Trusov  (UKR)	1:07.60	2024-04-24	Funchal	Portugal
Oceanian	Michael Ardern  (NZL)	1:19.27	2010-05-31	Manchester	United Kingdom

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes
1	1	4	Andrii Trusov  (UKR)	S7	1:12.86	Q
2	1	3	Aleksei Ganiuk  (AIN)	S7	1:13.79	Q
3	1	6	Christian Sadie  (RSA)	S7	1:14.67	Q
4	1	5	Federico Bicelli  (ITA)	S7	1:17.56	Q
5	1	8	Sardor Bakhtiyorov  (UZB)	S7	1:18.45	Q
6	1	2	Jurijs Semjonovs  (LAT)	S7	1:18.64	Q
7	1	7	Wei Soong Toh  (SGP)	S7	1:19.45	Q
8	1	1	Huang Xianquan  (CHN)	S7	1:22.75	Q
9	1	0	Yaroslav Karpenko  (UKR)	S7	1:23.14

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes
	4	Andrii Trusov  (UKR)	S7	1:09.60
	6	Federico Bicelli  (ITA)	S7	1:12.17
	3	Christian Sadie  (RSA)	S7	1:13.03
4	5	Aleksei Ganiuk  (AIN)	S7	1:13.15
5	1	Wei Soong Toh  (SGP)	S7	1:17.50
6	2	Sardor Bakhtiyorov  (UZB)	S7	1:18.87
7	7	Jurijs Semjonovs  (LAT)	S7	1:20.37
8	8	Huang Xianquan  (CHN)	S7	1:22.97

S8

The Men's 100 metre backstroke S8 event was held on the morning and afternoon of 22 September. ^[1]

The relevant records in this event leading into the championships were as follows: ^[14]

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Robert Griswold  (USA)	1:02.55	2021-08-27	Tokyo	Japan
Championship	Konstantin Lisenkov  (RUS)	1:03.32	2013-08-12	Montreal	Canada
African	Cristiaan Du Plessis  (RSA)	1:14.71	2010-08-15	Eindhoven	Netherlands
Americas	Robert Griswold  (USA)	1:02.55	2021-08-27	Tokyo	Japan
Asian	Zhou Cong  (CHN)	1:02.90	2016-09-13	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
European	Konstantin Lisenkov  (RUS)	1:03.32	2013-08-12	Montreal	Canada
Oceanian	Peter Leek  (AUS)	1:05.56	2010-08-15	Eindhoven	Netherlands

Heats

Thirteen swimmers representing seven nations and one neutral athlete, took part, with the top eight progressing to the final. ^{[4] [5]}

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes
1	2	4	Inigo Llopis Sanz  (ESP)	S8	1:06.41	Q
2	1	4	Eduard Horodianyn  (UKR)	S8	1:06.64	Q
3	2	5	Kota Kubota  (JPN)	S8	1:07.29	Q
4	1	3	Kotaro Ogiwara  (JPN)	S8	1:07.63	Q
5	1	6	Reid Maxwell  (CAN)	S8	1:10.22	Q
6	1	2	Azizbek Boynazarov  (UZB)	S8	1:11.14	Q
7	2	1	Maksim Baskakov  (AIN)	S8	1:11.56	Q
8	1	5	Bohdan Hrynenko  (UKR)	S8	1:11.73	Q
9	2	2	Sergio Martos Minguet  (ESP)	S8	1:11.89
10	2	7	Yevhenii Mandryka  (UKR)	S8	1:12.93
11	1	7	Marco Ozaeta Velasco  (ESP)	S8	1:14.65
12	2	3	Turgut Aslan Yaraman  (TUR)	S8	1:07.41
	2	6	Liu Fengqi  (CHN)	S8		DSQ

Final

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Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes
	4	Inigo Llopis Sanz  (ESP)	S8	1:05.29
	5	Eduard Horodianyn  (UKR)	S8	1:06.18
	6	Turgut Aslan Yaraman  (TUR)	S8	1:06.52
4	3	Kota Kubota  (JPN)	S8	1:07.62
5	2	Kotaro Ogiwara  (JPN)	S8	1:07.71
6	7	Reid Maxwell  (CAN)	S8	1:08.34
7	1	Azizbek Boynazarov  (UZB)	S8	1:11.15
8	9	Maksim Baskakov  (AIN)	S8	1:11.29

S9

The Men's 100 metre backstroke S9 event will be held on 26 September. ^[1]

The relevant records in this event leading into the championships were as follows: ^[14]

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Simone Barlaam  (ITA)	0:59.72	2022-06-17	Funchal	Portugal
Championship	Simone Barlaam  (ITA)	0:59.72	2022-06-17	Funchal	Portugal
African	Mohammed Reda Dakouane  (MAR)	1:11.17	2024-06-07	Limoges	France
Americas	Justin Zook  (USA)	1:01.75	2012-06-15	Bismarck	United States
Asian	Zhou Cong  (CHN)	1:03.20	2019-09-10	London	United Kingdom
European	Simone Barlaam  (ITA)	0:59.72	2022-06-17	Funchal	Portugal
Oceanian	Timothy Hodge  (AUS)	1:01.74	2023-02-17	Melbourne	Australia

Heats

Twelve swimmers will take part, representing seven nations and two neutral athletes, with the top eight progressing to the final

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Time	Note
1	1	4	Yahor Shchalkanau  (AIN)	1:01.76	Q
2	2	4	Ugo Didier  (FRA)	1:03.35	Q
3	2	5	Bogdan Mozgovoi  (AIN)	1:03.66	Q
4	1	5	Timothy Hodge  (AUS)	1:03.68	Q
5	2	3	Victor dos Santos Almeida  (BRA)	1:04.30	Q
6	2	2	Sam de Visser  (BEL)	1:05.64	Q
7	1	3	Barry McClements  (IRL)	1:05.76	Q
8	2	6	Oliwier Krzyszkowski  (POL)	1:06.34	Q
9	1	6	Harrison Vig  (AUS)	1:07.48	R
10	1	7	Tommaso Wulzer  (ITA)	1:07.65	R
11	2	7	Brenden Hall  (AUS)	1:07.68	R
	1	2	Jendi Pangabean  (INA)	DSQ

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time	Note
	4	Yahor Shchalkanau  (AIN)	1:00.95
	3	Bogdan Mozgovoi  (AIN)	1:01.30
	5	Ugo Didier  (FRA)	1:02.08
4	2	Victor Dos Santos Almeida  (BRA)	1:03.04
5	6	Timothy Hodge  (AUS)	1:03.20
6	1	Barry Mcclements  (IRL)	1:04.51
7	7	Sam De Visser  (BEL)	1:06.00
8	8	Oliwier Krzyszkowski  (POL)	1:06.82

S10

The Men's 100 metre backstroke S10 event will be held on the morning and evening of 27 September. Nine swimmers representing six nations will take part, with the top eight progressing to the final. ^[1]

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows: ^[14]

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Maksym Krypak  (UKR)	0:57.19	2021-09-02	Tokyo	Japan
Championship	Maksym Krypak  (UKR)	0:58.00	2019-09-14	London	United Kingdom
African	Achmat Hassiem  (RSA)	1:10.96	2011-08-12	Edmonton, Alberta	Canada
Americas	Andre Brasil  (BRA)	0:59.55	2016-09-10	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
Asian	Akito Minai  (JPN)	1:04.12	2024-09-06	Paris	France
European	Maksym Krypak  (UKR)	0:57.19	2021-09-02	Tokyo	Japan
Oceanian	Michael Anderson  (AUS)	1:00.87	2014-08-09	Pasadena	United States

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Time	Note
1	1	4	Olivier van de Voort  (NED)	58.87	Q
2	1	7	Stanislav Popov  (UKR)	1:02.30	Q
3	1	6	Bas Takken  (NED)	1:02.34	Q
4	1	2	Ihor Nimchenko  (UKR)	1:03.05	Q
5	1	1	Joao Fidalgo  (POR)	1:04.26	Q
6	1	3	Riccardo Menciotti  (ITA)	1:05.07	Q
7	1	8	Tomas Cordeiro  (POR)	1:06.67	Q
8	1	5	Thomas Gallagher  (AUS)	1:12.57	Q
			Turki Alharbi  (KSA)	DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time	Note
	4	Olivier van de Voort  (NED)	58.53
	8	Thomas Gallagher  (AUS)	1:00.96
	3	Bas Takken  (NED)	1:01.23
4	7	Riccardo Menciotti  (ITA)	1:01.24
5	6	Ihor Nimchenko  (UKR)	1:01.49
6	5	Stanislav Popov  (UKR)	1:01.91
7	2	Joao Fidalgo  (POR)	1:03.64
8	1	Tomas Cordeiro  (POR)	1:05.32

S11

The Men's 100 metre backstroke S11 event will be held on the morning and evening of 26 September. . Reigning champion, Paralympic champion and world record holder Mykhailo Serbin of Ukraine will defend his title. ^[1]

The relevant records in this event leading into the championships were as follows: ^[14]

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Mykhailo Serbin  (UKR)	1:05.84	2024-09-01	Paris	France
Championship	Mykhailo Serbin  (UKR)	1:06.01	2023-08-05	Manchester	United Kingdom
African	Hendri Herbst  (RSA)	1:14.44	2016-09-09	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
Americas	Bradley Snyder  (USA)	1:08.28	2016-09-09	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
Asian	Yang Bozun  (CHN)	1:07.74	2008-09-13	Beijing	China
European	Mykhailo Serbin  (UKR)	1:05.84	2024-09-01	Paris	France
Oceanian	Jeremy McClure  (AUS)	1:12.51	2019-09-10	London	United Kingdom

Heats

Nine swimmers will take part from seven nation, with the top eight progressing to the final ^{[10] [11]}

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Time	Note
1	1	5	Albert Gelis  (ESP)	1:06.97	Q
2	1	4	Mykhailo Serbin  (UKR)	1:10.01	Q
3	1	3	David Kratochvil  (CZE)	1:10.02	Q
4	1	2	Marco Meneses  (POR)	1:10.03	Q
5	1	6	Danylo Chufarov  (UKR)	1:11.10	Q
6	1	7	Li Zhixin  (CHN)	1:11.16	Q
7	1	8	Himanshu Nandal  (IND)	1:12.78	Q
8	1	0	Simonas Zvirblis  (LTU)	1:18.29	Q
9	1	1	Hua Dongdong  (CHN)	1:18.52	R

Final

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Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time	Note
	4	Albert Gelis  (ESP)	1:05.14	WR
	3	David Kratochvil  (CZE)	1:06.93
	2	Danylo Chufarov  (UKR)	1:07.10
4	5	Mykhailo Serbin  (UKR)	1:07.48
5	7	Zhixin Li  (CHN)	1:09.69
6	6	Marco Meneses  (POR)	1:09.95
7	1	Himanshu Nandal  (IND)	1:12.04
8	8	Simonas Zvirblis  (LTU)	1:16.91

S12

The Men's 100 metre backstroke S12 event was held on the morning and evening of 21 September. ^[1]

The relevant records heading into the event were as follows: ^[14]

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Stephen Clegg  (GBR)	0:59.02	2024-08-31	Paris	France
Championship	Yaroslav Denysenko  (UKR)	0:59.40	2019-09-09	London	United Kingdom
African	Franco Smit  (RSA)	1:04.40	2019-09-09	London	United Kingdom
Americas	Tucker Dupree  (USA)	0:59.71	2014-04-20	Glasgow	United Kingdom
Asian	Maulana Rifky Yavianda  (INA)	1:03.55	2023-10-23	Hangzhou	China
European	Stephen Clegg  (GBR)	0:59.02	2024-08-31	Paris	France
Oceanian	Jeremy McClure  (AUS)	1:05.95	2008-09-13	Beijing	China

Heats

Eleven swimmers took part, representing seven nations and four neutral athletes, with the top eight progressing to the final. ^{[2] [3]}

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes
1	2	4	Raman Salei  (AZE)	S12	1:02.00	Q
2	2	5	Maksim Vashkevich  (AIN)	S12	1:03.25	Q
3	1	4	Dzmitry Salei  (AIN)	S12	1:04.00	Q
4	2	3	Evan Wilkerson  (USA)	S12	1:04.25	Q
5	1	3	Arsenii Berezhnoi  (AIN)	S12	1:05.20	Q
6	1	5	Douglas Matera  (BRA)	S12	1:05.29	Q
7	2	6	Alex Villarejo Martin  (ESP)	S12	1:05.83	Q
8	1	6	Egor Kuzmin  (AIN)	S12	1:09.17	Q
9	2	2	Roman Mychka  (UKR)	S12	1:10.34
10	1	2	Mohammadhossein Abadi  (IRI)	S12	1:13.18
11	2	6	Serghei Sirovatchin  (MDA)	S12	1:20.45

Final

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Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes
	4	Raman Salei  (AZE)	S12	1:01.58
	5	Maksim Vashkevich  (AIN)	S12	1:02.17
	6	Evan Wilkerson  (USA)	S12	1:03.05
4	3	Dzmitry Salei  (AIN)	S12	1:03.58
5	7	Douglas Matera  (BRA)	S12	1:04.24
6	2	Arsenii Berezhnoi  (AIN)	S12	1:04.58
7	1	Alex Villarejo Martin  (ESP)	S12	1:06.00
8	8	Egor Kuzmin  (AIN)	S12	1:09.40

S13

The Men's 100 metre backstroke S13 event was held on the morning and evening of 24 September. Twelve swimmers took part, representing nine nations and neutral athletes with the top eight progressing to the final. ^[1]

The relevant records in this event leading into the championships were as follows: ^[14]

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Ihar Boki  (BLR)	0:56.36	2021-08-26	Tokyo	Japan
Championship	Ihar Boki  (BLR)	0:56.74	2015-07-15	Glasgow	United Kingdom
African	Charles Bouwer  (RSA)	0:59.52	2013-08-17	Montreal	Canada
Americas	Nicolas Guy Turbide  (CAN)	0:59.28	2018-08-12	Cairns	Australia
Asian	Egor Bolotov  (UZB)	0:58.83	2024-06-07	Limoges	France
European	Ihar Boki  (BLR)	0:56.36	2021-08-26	Tokyo	Japan
Oceanian	Sean Russo  (AUS)	1:01.01	2013-08-17	Montreal	Canada

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes
1	2	4	Egor Bolotov  (UZB)	S13	59.31	Q
2	1	6	Nicolas Guy Turbide  (CAN)	S13	1:00.07	Q
3	2	5	Oleksii Virchenko  (UKR)	S13	1:00.46	Q
4	1	5	Thomas van Wanrooij  (NED)	S13	1:00.72	Q
5	2	6	Evgenii Lazutin  (AIN)	S13	1:01.67	Q
6	1	3	Gabriel Steen  (NOR)	S13	1:01.83	Q
7	2	3	Enrique Mollar  (ESP)	S13	1:02.36	Q
8	1	2	Genki Saito  (JPN)	S13	1:03.31	Q
9	2	7	Yauheni Kavalionak  (AIN)	S13	1:03.52
10	2	2	Nathan Hendricks  (RSA)	S13	1:03.54
11	1	7	Pedro Fernandez Garcia  (ESP)	S13	1:07.07

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes
	4	Egor Bolotov  (UZB)	S13	58.97
	6	Thomas van Wanrooij  (NED)	S13	59.35
	3	Oleksii Virchenko  (UKR)	S13	59.45
4	5	Nicolas Guy Turbide  (CAN)	S13	59.87
5	1	Enrique Mollar  (ESP)	S13	1:00.46
6	7	Gabriel Steen  (NOR)	S13	1:01.09
7	2	Evgenii Lazutin  (AIN)	S13	1:01.54
8	8	Genki Saito  (JPN)	S13	1:03.00

S14

The Men's 100 metre backstroke S14 event was held on the morning and evening of 22 September. Reigning champion and world record holder Benjamin Hance of Australia returns to defend his title. ^[1]

The relevant records in this event leading into the championships were as follows: ^[14]

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Benjamin Hance  (AUS)	0:56.35	2025-06-13	Adelaide	Australia
Championship	Benjamin Hance  (AUS)	0:57.26	2023-08-01	Manchester	United Kingdom
African	Record Mark  (IPC)	1:02.36
Americas	Gabriel Bandeira  (BRA)	0:57.65	2025-05-24	São Paulo	Brazil
Asian	Inkook Lee  (KOR)	0:59.82	2016-09-08	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
European	Mark Tompsett  (GBR)	0:58.28	2025-04-17	London	United Kingdom
Oceanian	Benjamin Hance  (AUS)	0:56.35	2025-06-13	Adelaide	Australia

Heats

Twelve swimmers representing nine nations took part, with the top eight progressing to the final. ^{[4] [5]}

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes
1	2	4	Benjamin Hance  (AUS)	S14	55.99	WR
2	2	5	Mark Tompsett  (GBR)	S14	58.70
3	1	5	Arthur Xavier Ribeiro  (BRA)	S14	59.61
4	2	3	William Ellard  (GBR)	S14	1:00.34
5	1	4	Gabriel Bandeira  (BRA)	S14	1:01.00
6	2	6	Declan Budd  (AUS)	S14	1:01.32
7	2	2	Vasyl Krainyk  (UKR)	S14	1:01.70
8	1	6	Natirat Meeprom  (THA)	S14	1:02.00
9	1	2	Inkook Lee  (KOR)	S14	1:02.49
10	2	7	Rei Kagose  (JPN)	S14	1:03.26
11	1	7	Ariel Alegarbes  (PHI)	S14	1:03.76

Final

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Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes
	4	Benjamin Hance  (AUS)	S14	56.25
	2	Gabriel Bandeira  (BRA)	S14	58.37
	6	William Ellard  (GBR)	S14	58.95
4	5	Mark Tompsett  (GBR)	S14	59.08
5	3	Arthur Xavier Ribeiro  (BRA)	S14	59.86
6	7	Declan Budd  (AUS)	S14	1:01.23
7	1	Vasyl Krainyk  (UKR)	S14	1:01.97
8	8	Natirat Meeprom  (THA)	S14	1:01.99

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